Jennifer Rockwood
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | September 20, 1966[1][2] | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | BYU Cougars (head coach) | ||
| Youth career | |||
| –1984 | Lakeridge Pacers[2] | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1985–1988 | BYU club team | ||
| Managerial career | |||
| Waterford Ravens | |||
| Meridian Mongooses | |||
| Meridian Mongooses (boys) | |||
| 1989–1994 | BYU club team | ||
| 1995– | BYU Cougars | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Jennifer Rockwood (born September 20, 1966) is an American soccer coach, and the head coach for the BYU Cougars women's soccer team, a position she has held since 1989. She is the only coach the school recognizes since the club joined NCAA competition in 1995.[3]
Early life[edit]
Rockwood was born to Jerry and Kae Rockwood as the oldest of five children, with her brothers being named Jon, Jason, Jared, and Jeffrey. Throughout junior high and high school Rockwood acted as a four-sport athlete, in soccer, basketball, softball, and track. Rockwood was offered a basketball scholarship at Ricks College, which she accepted in the fall of 1984, but her one true desire was soccer. After participating in basketball in the Fall-winter of 1984–85, Rockwood transferred and enrolled at Brigham Young University. Rockwood would play with the Cougars club team from 1985 to 1988, and as a senior Rockwood was placed in charge of scheduling and budgets for the club team.[4]
Coaching[edit]
Rockwood coached high school soccer for the Waterford School girls' team and the Meridian School's boys' and girls' teams prior to graduating from BYU.[5][6] After graduating, she became the club team's head coach in 1989 and led them to two Western National Collegiate Club soccer Association (NCCSA) Championships in 1993 and 1994. In 1995 BYU officially recognized women's soccer as an NCAA sport. Rockwood was retained and became the Cougars first NCAA women's soccer coach.[7] Rockwood began to have immediate success. In her 27 years as head coach, Rockwood's Cougars have made the NCAA tournament 21 times. In the October 19, 2013 match vs. the San Francisco Dons, Rockwood would amass her 300th win.[7] Twice Rockwood has led the Cougars to the NCAA's Elite 8: 2003[8] and 2012.[9] In 2021 Rockwood led the Cougars to their first ever College Cup. Athletes playing for Rockwood have seen continual success over those 27 seasons. 46 of Rockwood's players have gone on to win All-American awards.[10]
Head coaching record[edit]
Neither the WAC nor the WCC held a conference tournament, so the highest achievement BYU could attain during those regular seasons was the regular season title.
| Season | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Postseason | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BYU (Western Athletic Conference) (1995–1998) | |||||||||
| 1995 | BYU | 11–8–1 | 4–1–1 | 3rd | |||||
| 1996 | BYU | 22–1–1 | 6–1–0 | 2nd | |||||
| 1997 | BYU | 19–4–1 | 6–1–0 | 2nd | NCAA 1st Round | ||||
| 1998 | BYU | 20–5–0 | 6–1–0 | 2nd | NCAA 3rd Round | ||||
| BYU (Mountain West Conference) (1999–2010) | |||||||||
| 1999 | BYU | 21–4–0 | 5–1–0 | 1st | NCAA 2nd Round | ||||
| 2000 | BYU | 19–4–1 | 6–0–0 | 1st | NCAA 2nd Round | ||||
| 2001 | BYU | 14–7–1 | 5–1–0 | 1st | NCAA 2nd Round | ||||
| 2002 | BYU | 16–6–0 | 6–0–0 | 1st | NCAA 1st Round | ||||
| 2003 | BYU | 16–7–3 | 4–2–0 | 2nd | NCAA Elite 8 | ||||
| 2004 | BYU | 7–10–4 | 3–2–1 | 2nd | |||||
| 2005 | BYU | 15–2–4 | 4–1–2 | 3rd | NCAA 1st Round | ||||
| 2006 | BYU | 13–4–4 | 5–1–1 | 2nd | NCAA 1st Round | ||||
| 2007 | BYU | 17–4–2 | 4–3–0 | 3rd | NCAA 1st Round | ||||
| 2008 | BYU | 18–5–1 | 7–0–0 | 1st | NCAA 2nd Round | ||||
| 2009 | BYU | 18–4–2 | 6–0–1 | 1st | NCAA 2nd Round | ||||
| 2010 | BYU | 16–3–3 | 5–1–1 | 2nd | NCAA 1st Round | ||||
| BYU (West Coast Conference) (2011–2022) | |||||||||
| 2011 | BYU | 11–5–3 | 5–2–1 | 4th | |||||
| 2012 | BYU | 20–2–2 | 7–0–1 | 1st | NCAA Elite 8 | ||||
| 2013 | BYU | 16–5–2 | 8–1–0 | T-1st | NCAA 2nd Round | ||||
| 2014 | BYU | 13–5–3 | 7–1–1 | 1st | NCAA 1st Round | ||||
| 2015 | BYU | 16–3–2 | 7–1–1 | 1st | NCAA 2nd Round | ||||
| 2016 | BYU | 18–3–1 | 7–1–1 | 1st | NCAA 3rd Round | ||||
| 2017 | BYU | 7-8-4 | 4-4-1 | 4th | |||||
| 2018 | BYU | 13-5-1 | 8-1 | 1st | NCAA 1st Round | ||||
| 2019 | BYU | 21-0-1 | 8-0-1 | 1st | NCAA Elite 8 | ||||
| 2020 | BYU | 11-4-1 | 7-1-1 | 2nd | NCAA 2nd Round | ||||
| 2021 | BYU | 17-4-3 | 8-1-0 | T-1st | National Runner-Up | ||||
| BYU: | 425–122–51 (.753) | 158–29–15 (.819) | |||||||
| Total: | 425–122–51 (.753) | ||||||||
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National champion
Postseason invitational champion
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References[edit]
- ^ BYU Cougars women's soccer [@byusoccer_w] (September 20, 2021). "Happy Birthday to the 🐐" (Tweet). Archived from the original on September 21, 2021. Retrieved February 12, 2023 – via Twitter.
- ^ a b "Moabite's granddaughter soccer coach at B.Y.U." The Times-Independent. Vol. 96, no. 32. Moab, Utah. August 10, 1989. p. B8. Retrieved February 12, 2023.
The 22-year-old soccer, baseball and track and field standout graduated from Lakeridge in 1984.
- ^ "BYU women's soccer: Coach Rockwood learns to loosen up".
- ^ "Jennifer Rockwood on BYUtv's Legends".
- ^ Ekins, Loni (October 29, 2001). "Building strength on 'The Rock'". The Daily Universe. Retrieved February 12, 2023.
- ^ Evensen, Rachel (Summer 2017). "Pressing Toward the Goal". Marriott Alumni Magazine. Marriott School of Business. Retrieved February 12, 2023.
- ^ a b "Reaching 300, one win at a time for BYU's Rockwood". 12 November 2013.
- ^ "BYU Women's Soccer in the NCAA TOURNEY". BYUCougars.com. BYU Athletics. Archived from the original on 2007-11-09. Retrieved 2008-01-21.
- ^ UNC women’s soccer upsets BYU to advance to Final Four. The Capital Sports Report. Retrieved on 2012-11-24.
- ^ Cal State Fullerton at BYU Game Notes Archived 2014-07-26 at the Wayback Machine. Byucougars.com. Retrieved on 2013-08-20.
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